EFFECTS OF MERCURY POISONING?!?!*
(Image found on Google Images. Illustration by John Tenniel for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland)
From the Providence Public Library:
Emsley, John. Elements of Murder : The History of Poison
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
From JSTOR:
Seiya Yamaguchi, Hisao Matsumoto, Sachiko Matsuo, Shunsuke Kaku and Michiyo Hoshide. “Relationship between Mercury Content of Hair and Amount of Fish Consumed”
HSMHA Health Reports, Vol. 86, No. 10 (Oct., 1971), pp. 904-909
Keith Spalding. “A Theory concerning the Mad Hatter”
The Modern Language Review, Vol. 46, No. 3/4 (Jul. - Oct., 1951), pp. 442-444
Jeri Weiss, Luke Trip and Kathryn R. Mahaffey. “Human Exposures to Inorganic Mercury”
Public Health Reports (1974-), Vol. 114, No. 5 (Sep. - Oct., 1999), pp. 400-401
ALSO,
Various websites, New York Times articles, etc.
-Jieun Reiner
*while many hatters did indeed suffer from severe mercury poisoning, the “Mad Hatter” created by Carroll did not exhibit true symptoms.
2 comments:
One really interesting thing that comes to mind for me when thinking about mercury is its use in gold mining. There are certainly a lot of scientific articles there that could be useful. There is also, of course, the ethical implications of this. One thing that comes to mind is the growing number of people deciding to use something other than gold for their wedding bands. You might find some information on this movement that could be interesting or helpful.
--Marguerite
I'd imagine that this is too obvious for mentioning - but of course, I'm going to go ahead and do it, anyway. The mercury amalgam debate is still in full-swing in the dental profession (I could give many cites for this, but here is one):
Bates, Michael N. 'Mercury amalgam dental fillings: An epidemiologic assessment.' International Journal of Hygiene & Environmental Health, Jul2006, Vol. 209 Issue 4, p309-316.
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It's worth considering that the combination of mercury's slow release through decaying amalgam, in tandem with aging populations, may have major economic repercussions. Older patients are more likely to have amalgam, and if they have weakened immune systems, to be affected more heavily by toxicity.
--Ryan
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